Lost Thai Driver's License

[up-country_sinclair]

i seem to have lost my thai driver's license.

if this has happened to you, what steps did you follow to get a replacement.

thanks.

[danone]

well ... just go to your transportation department where you did the license with the necessary proofs of identity.

they'll have everything on record I guess ... except you bought the license at khao san.

[up-country_sinclair]

well ... just go to your transportation department where you did the license with the necessary proofs of identity.

they'll have everything on record I guess

i figured as much, but i was wondering if i needed to get another certificate of residence letter from immigration.

except you bought the license at khao san.

actually in a sense i 'bought' mine for 105 baht....but it was in chiang mai.

you must have me confused with someone else.

Edited March 21, 2007 by up-country_sinclair

[Farma]

From another website quoting the Phuket land transport office.

RENEW A LOST DRIVING LICENSE:

To replace your lost license please bring with you

1) Passport (and 1 signed copy)

2) Visa (and 1 signed copy)

3) Two 1 inch photos : Available from vendors outside.

4) Sign your signature in your new driving license and receive

it on the next day

[up-country_sinclair]

thanks farma!

[percy2]

From another website quoting the Phuket land transport office.

RENEW A LOST DRIVING LICENSE:

To replace your lost license please bring with you

1) Passport (and 1 signed copy)

2) Visa (and 1 signed copy)

3) Two 1 inch photos : Available from vendors outside.

4) Sign your signature in your new driving license and receive

it on the next day

In BKK at Suk. 99? its issued while you wait the whole process took me less than 45 mins.

Another instance of Thai efficiency.

Cheers

[up-country_sinclair]

today i got a replacement for my thai driver's license, and i had to provide....

passport--with signed copies of photo page and visa

work permit--with signed copies of photo page, place of employment, and home address

2 one inch photos

55 baht.

and it all took about 15 minutes.

i don't know why they asked for the work permit and copies, but they did.

thanks again to percy 2 and farma

[lawling]

i seem to have lost my thai driver's license.

if this has happened to you, what steps did you follow to get a replacement.

thanks.

When I lost mine I also had to produce a letter from the Police confirming that I had reported the loss. I didn't believe that mine had been stolen - though it could have been - but the Police simply recorded the loss and gave me a letter.

Incidentally, the interesting part was that when I went to the Police Station - Beach Road, Pattaya - a policeman recorded my statement on computer, in English, and printed it out. Then he handed the printed report to me and directed me to another office. There, another policeman got out a report book, with carbon paper, and slowly and laboriously transferred the nice printed details into the book in a pretty scrawly manuscript. When he had finished he tore up the printed page and handed me a carbon copy of scrawl that he had prepared.

However, it was what the licence people wanted and I got my replacement licence without further difficulty.

Incidentally (number two) my original licence turned up a year later - posted to me in an unmarked envelope without any hint as to the sender!